Luke Barnatt has some lofty goals, but he can state each one – including a desired fight with fellow middleweight Francis Carmont – with remarkable clarity.

The 25-year-old English fighter, who appeared on “The Ultimate Fighter 17,” wants Carmont (22-8 MMA, 6-1 UFC) for two reasons: Barnatt (8-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) thinks he can put on an exciting fight with the grinder, and he thinks a win would move him up the rankings.

“He’s a big guy just like me,” Barnatt recently told MMAjunkie. “But you’ve seen my output. I have a very, very high output. And Francis is a bit slower. He’s very powerful and a strong guy, but I just feel like stylistically, it’s an exciting fight. He’s a top-10 guy. He’s a guy I could take on, and it’d be a very, very big step up for me, and an exciting step.

” … He doesn’t push for the finish. All I do is look for the finish.”

Barnatt also explains why he wants to be a “TUF” coach and how European MMA can eventually get to the level seen in the U.S.

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** Good move by Barnett with Siver out of the scene for a while.

03-19-2014, 11:49 AM

Fedorlei Gomipierre

Yeeah, Carmont lays on him for the full fifteen, plus he has the personality of a dull shovel. A for effort though

03-19-2014, 11:49 AM

Fedorlei Gomipierre

Also, by he, I obviously mean Carmont

03-19-2014, 02:18 PM

Fe1

Well he is certainly setting his sights high. Good for him. I mean, there could be a worse face for European MMA...